Improved washing machine



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THOMASG. U. FISI, OF -MACON CITY, MISSOURI.

Y il Letters Patient No. 68,176, dated August 2.7, 1867.

IMPROVBD WASHING MACHINE.r

To ALL WHoM 1r MAY conceals:

Be it vknown that I, THOMAS G. U. vFISE, of Macon City, in the county of Macon, and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful improvement in Washing Machines and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and clear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon. l

The'object of this invention is to wash and cleanse clothing or articles of similarl fabric, by forcing the water alternately through the fabric from side to side, and thus thoroughly separate the dirty particles, not only from the interstices between the different threads of thc fabric, but also from between the fibres of the individual threads; the construction and operation of the' machine being such as to especially prepare the material of the fabric for the cleansing process, by lifting up and separating the folds, one from another, by the action of the washing water thereon, as will be hereinafter more particularly described. p

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my improved Washing machine, Iiwill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a sectional elevation of the improved machine.

Figure 2 is a. plan of the same. l

The vessel A may be a' common Washing-tub, or even a part of a barrel,` or any other vessel will answer.A

the purpose as well. Within the said'lvessel A, is another, B, of smaller dimensions', and having a perforated or latticed bottom, b, also a cover, b1, through a central orifice, in` which is operated the plunger-rod C, the lower end of the said plunger-rod being securely fixed to the, piston or plunger C', while its upper end is connected with the lever D by means of the links d. The lever D is pivoted to its fulcrum D at a', and ahandleplace is fitted at LZ for the grasp of theopcrator. A spring, E, serves to hold thc cover Zn down. on its vessel, and also to raise the lever D up. The bottom of the vessel B should bc slightly elevated above the bottom of the vessel A, and openings a, or other similar apertures, provided for the inilux and reilux of the water from the annular chamber between the two vessels, into the chamber 112, between the two bottoms, and from thence y through the perforations or lattice openings of the bottom b, into thevessel B.

4 The machine, constructed as above described, thc two vessels will be partly lled with water and the cloth-v ,ing or articles to be washed will be placed in the' vessel B, between the bottoml b and the plunger C', and then,

the operator, by seizing the lever at d and working the plunger or piston C up and down, alternately, will force the water. through and through the fabric and thusv cleanse it.

Having described my invention, what I claim, is

The piston C', lever D, and spring E, in combination with the vessels A B, the whole being arranged and operated as described'and set forth.

THOMAS G. U. FISK.

Witnesses Guns.l H. Borna, THoMAs JL BURRIDGE. 

